Go Digital, Go Cloud: Huawei Explores New Growth Potential in an Intelligent World
Over 500 industry analysts, media representatives and opinion leaders across a range of disciplines gathered in Shenzhen today for the 14th annual Huawei Global Analyst Summit (HAS). Hosted by leading global information and communications (ICT) solutions provider, Huawei Technologies, the analyst summit will highlight Huawei’s latest innovations, business practices and solutions in domains like cloud services, video, the Internet of Things (IoT), AI and digital transformation. Huawei will also take this opportunity to discuss its strategy in these domains.
Eric Xu, Huawei’s Rotating CEO, opened the summit with an in-depth overview of the company’s strategy. “The journey to an intelligent world has already begun,” he said. “Many years of exploration and innovation in technology are driving industry development, presenting huge business opportunities. Huawei will remain committed to building more connections, enlarging data pipes and driving digital transformation. By focusing on ICT infrastructure and smart devices, we will enable this intelligent world and drive its ongoing progress.”
Xu went on to discuss how providing cloud services has already become a basic business model. “Beginning in 2017, Huawei will focus on public cloud services. We will invest heavily in building an open and trusted public cloud platform, which will be the foundation of a Huawei Cloud Family. This family will include public clouds we develop together with operators and public clouds that we operate on our own.”
William Xu, Executive Director and Chief Strategy Marketing Officer at Huawei, expanded on Eric’s keynote to discuss new opportunities brought about by digital transformation. “Digital transformation opens up immense new potential for value-driven growth in traditional industries,” he said. “Naturally, industries are eager to tap into this potential. According to findings from the 2017 Global Connectivity Index, digitization is gaining momentum around the globe. Investment in cloud computing is ramping up on a regional and nationalscale and the cloud is seeing broader application. This will help industries go digital – and fast.”
William Xu noted that ICT infrastructure is an important pillar of national economic growth, and that the cloud in particular is key to unleashing the power of connectivity. For this reason, Huawei recommends that countries and industries turn their attention to digital transformation as a driver for growth and pursue greater development and investment opportunities in emerging fields like cloud computing, IoT and big data in order to reap the benefits of technological development.
In his presentation, Ryan Ding, Executive Director and President of Products & Solutions at Huawei, reminded attendees that, “During last year’s summit, we made a commitment to advocate, promote and lead the All-Cloud evolution. We have done this, and have now shifted our focus to getting All-Cloud off the ground anddriving commercialization. Beyond this, as we stand at the edge of atrillion-dollar video market, Huawei is also positioning itself as an enabler of operator and vertical success in their video businesses. Our All-Cloud and video strategies require the support of a symbiotic ecosystem. Huawei welcomes partners with open arms to collaboratively push for new growth in the ICT industry ecosystem.”
Huawei adheres to principles of openness, collaboration and shared success across the ecosystem. The company has doubled down on its commitment to customer-centricity and over the past few years has stepped up its efforts to develop and invest in industry alliances, business alliances, open source communities and developer platforms. Huawei’s goal is to help each of its partners maximize the potential of their unique strengths, thereby growing the industry and cultivating a sustainable, symbiotic ecosystem.
The first HAS washeld in 200, and has continued annually for 14 consecutive years. This year’s summit runs from April 11 to 13, with multiple parallel sessions. Attendees include industry experts from around the world, all of whom provide their unique insight intoa variety of topics and trends.
About Huawei
Huawei is a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider with the vision to enrich life through communication. Driven by customer-centric innovation and open partnerships, Huawei has established an end-to-end ICT solutions portfolio that gives our customers competitive advantages in telecom and enterprise networks, devices and cloud computing. Huawei’s 180,000 employees worldwide are committed to creating maximum value for telecom operators, enterprises and consumers. Our innovative ICT solutions, products and services have been deployed in over 170 countries and regions, serving more than one third of the world’s population. Founded in 1987, Huawei is a private company fully owned by its employees.
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